Bombing Collection

Sunderland Bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth
19th June 1948: A Sunderland bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4562 - A Sunderland Bombs The Queen - pub

Bombed London
circa 1940: Bomb damage sustained by the City of London. Tower Bridge can be seen in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bombardment Of Sweaborg
(Original Caption) Picture shows the Crimean War (1853-1856), the bombardment of Sweaborg. Undated engraving

Demonstrators for Tom Mooney in Union Square
(Original Caption) 10/10/1931-New York, NY- Thousands of Communist demonstrators at Union Square attending the mass-meeting to demand freedom for Tom Mooney

Guernica Basque Holy City Laid Waste
(Original Caption) 5/8/1937-Guernica, Northern Spain: As Basque "Holy City" was Laid Waste

Jerry O'Connell Puts Up "Free Tom Mooney" Poster
(Original Caption) 5/20/1937-Washington, DC- Rep. Jerry O'Connell of Montana, is shown putting a "Free Tom Mooney" poster on his office door in the Capitol

Japanese Bombing Squadron 1938
(Original Caption) 6/1/1938- Pilots of a Japanese bombing sqaudron are shown grouped about their Superior, who is using a map to instruct 16 fliers in the loations to be bombed in a projected raid

German Officers Ready For Bombing Flight
(Original Caption) 1939: German officers prepare for bombing flight

Street Scene In China Post Japanese Raid
(Original Caption) 2/23/40-Kweilin, China: Street scene in Kweilin, Kwangsi Province, China, after Japanese planes had made a raid last month in which scores of persons were killed and maimed

Large Plane At Air Base
(Original Caption) 4/29/1940-Montreal

Bombardment Of Dunkirk, France
(Original Caption) 6/12/1940- Dunkirk, France: Refugees make their painful and precarious way to hoped for safety through the bombardment of Dunkerque

Bakery Destroyed In London Air Raid
(Original Caption) 8/31/1940- London, England: the bread was saved. Firemen with trays of bread salvaged from a London bakery destroyed by German bombs

Wrecked Church Where This Area Was Safe
(Original Caption) 9/14/1940-London, England: When a famous London Catholic Church was destroyed by a German bomb the Crucifix remained upright amid the ruins

Japanese Mitsubishi "Dragon" Bombers Over China 1940 | Location: Kukong-Hsien, China

Berliners Shoveling Debris After Bombing
Men and boys shovel debris off a Berlin street after the British bombed the north end of the city in 1940

Pearl Harbor Aftermath: Ford Island 1941
Pearl Harbor Aftermath: Ford Field 1941 | Location: Ford Island Naval Air Station

St. Paul's Cathedral During Air Raid
The large dome of St. Paul's Cathedral is wreathed in smoke from buildings burning after a German air raid in World War II

Bombing Planes Coming In For Low Attack
(Original Caption) 9/13/1941-Castor

Blazing Sky Scenes from Bomb Raid
(Original Caption) As wires told of Great Britain's "all out" drive in the desert

Sailors Reading Pearl Harbor Headline
(Original Caption) 12/1941- Sailors on leave were the first to buy papers announcing the attack upon Hawaii and Philippines

Attack On Pearl Harbor
(Original Caption) Attack by Japanese air force in 1941, on Pearl Harbor. Taken from SDf Library in Tokyo, Japan, filed 12/6/1970. Original Caption. UPI b/w photograph

Ships Damaged During Pearl Harbor Attack
(Original Caption) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Ships damaged during the Attack On Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Wreck Of USS Arizona
The wreckage of the USS Arizona after the Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Explosion Of Ship In Pearl Harbor Attack
(Original Caption) 12/7/1941-Pearl Harbor, HI: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; Explosion of the magazine of the U. S. S. Shaw. Photograph

Japanese Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
(Original Caption) Captured Japanese photograph of the bombing of Pearl Harbor army base. Dec. 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor Naval Base
(Original Caption) 12/7/1941-Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: A view of the Pearl Harbor Hawaii Naval Base, which was attacked by Japanese bombers.Submarines are at the dock.Two U.S

Joseph McCarthy Meeting with Pilots
Captain Joseph McCarthy holds a briefing with a Marine dive bombing squadron after their return from a mission in the Solomon Islands. | Location: Near Solomon Islands

Oil Well Field
(Original Caption) 2/23/1942-Goleta, CA-View of one of the largest tideland oil well fields in the world, located near Goleta, which was shelled by an enemy submarine Feb

Crumbled Streets Of Malta; Bombing
(Original Caption) 4/5/1942-Malta: Crumbled shops

Japanese Ship Engulfed in Smoke after Attack
Smoke envelopes a Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the Mogami Class after it was bombed by U.S. Navy aircraft during the Battle of Midway

General Doolittle and Airmen
(Original Caption) 4/2/1943-New York, New York- Here are some of the 800 interpid US airmen who made history when they took off from the US

Crew Aboard USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor
Men of a salvage crew aboard the tilted deck of the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor, sunk during the December 7, 1941 sneak attack by the Japanese

Hamberg Germany After Bombing
(Original Caption) 8/3/1943-Hamberg, Germany: Never has a city the size of Hamberg such a merciless pounding

US Pilot after Seven-Hour Mission over Germany

Aerial Bombing On Amsterdam Schipol
(Original Caption) 01/25/1944. 8th Air Force Heads For Home. Somewhere in occupied Europe

Allied Bombing on German Controled Town
(Original Caption) 3/15/1944-Cassino, Italy- In one of the War's most concentrated air bombings, the town of Cassino was completely destroyed today

Cluster Bombs Falling on Germany
(Original Caption) Incendiary cluster bombs fall on Germany. Two 500 pound incendiary cluster bombs plunge toward their target over Kiel, Germany

Bombed Allied Field Hospital
Barren sections of the allied evacuation hospital in Anzio, Italy, following an attack by German forces

Nurse Fixes Hair
(Original Caption) 4/10/1944-Anzio, Italy: Seated on her bed, which is surrounded by sand bags for protectiion against enemy bombs and shells, U.S. Army nurse, Lt

Martin B-26 Bomber Planes in Flight Over Belgium
American Martin B-26 Marauder medium range bombers making a bombing run on tracks and freight cars at the Namur rail yards in Belgium during World War II

Smoke Billowing From Bomb Hits On Yard
(Original Caption) 10/17/1944-Holland

Military Airplanes Dropping Shells over Germany
(Original Caption) Washington, D. C.: "Hell's Angeles" Pour It On From Heaven

Japanese Torpedo Bomber in Battle
A Nakajima B6N Tenzan torpedo bomber, known to the Allies as "Jill", flies through anti-aircraft fire during a battle in the Truk Islands. | Location: Near Chuuk, Micronesia

Sea-Inundated Middelburg in Winter
(Original Caption) 1945-Walcheren, The Netherlands- Neptune in Possession: Here is a view of Walcheren after the sea had roared in through gaps blown in the dykes by the R.A.F

Bombed Japanese Frigate at Sea
(Original Caption) 04/13/1945-South China Sea: The bodies of Japanese sailors are scattered about the deck of this enemy frigate

Mushroom Cloud from Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
8/6/1945-Hiroshima, Japan: Mushroom cloud from atom bomb blast at Hiroshima. Filed 8/11/1945

Colonel P.W. Tibbets Standing in Front of Enola Gay
(Original Caption) 8/6/1945-"ENOLA GAY" ON TINIAN... Colonel Paul W

Tokyo Bombing Damage
(Original Caption) 9/3/1945- Tokyo, Japan: War devastation in Tokyo

Bombed Out Misubishi Aircraft Factory
(Original Caption) 9/12/1945-Nagoya, Japan: Along shot of the airframe assembly line at Mitsubishi aircraft plant which was reduced to rubble by repeated bombings by B-29 bombers based at the Marianas

Bomber Out Mitsubishi Aircraft Plant
(Original Caption) 9/12/1945-Nagoya, Japan: A long view of the Mitsubishi aircraft engine plant at Nagoya, Japan, target of repeated B-29 bomber raids on the Jap mainland

American Troops Order Japanese To Work
(Original Caption) 9/17/1945-Tokyo, Japan: This bombed out area in the heart of Tokyo, near the Imperial Palace, shows the devestating results of American fire bomb attacks

Captain Kermit K. Beahan Signing Autographs
Captain Kermit K

Rebuilt Hiroshima
(Original Caption) 8/4/1947-Hiroshima, Japan: Two years after the atom bomb leveled Hiroshima to rubble, the Japanese people have built a new city

Ruins of the Industrial Museum, Hiroshima

Ruins of Bombed Building
Workers sift through the rubble of a marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon which collapsed after a truck filled with explosives crashed through a gate and smashed into the building

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stands with her arms raised at a Conservative Party conference in Brighton. The IRA tried to assassinate her with a bomb earlier in the day

Helecopter Over House
(Original Caption) 5/13/1985-Philadelphia, PA- A state police helicopter flies over the MOVE house in Philadelphia, preparing to drop a percussion bomb on the roof

Mourners Giving Black Power Salute
Mourners of MOVE members killed in the bombing by the Philadelphia Police stand in front of their former headquarters

Steven Benson on Trial
Steven Benson is on trial for the alleged bombing murder of his mother and adoptive brother. Miami, 1986

Sign Of Trinity Site Nuclear Bomb Area
(Original Caption) Alamagordo, New Mexico- Trinity Test Site, July 16, 1945

Lbj & Walter Rostow Look At Papers
(Original Caption) 1968-Washington, DC- Lyndon Johnson goes over papers with Walter Rostow during announcement of halt of bombing in North Vietnam. Filed 10/31/1968

German Troops March Into Bombed Warswaw
(Original Caption) World War II: German troops march into the Warsaw ghetto after the bombing and shelling. Photograph

Couple Seated Amidst Rubble;Air Raid Dri
(Original Caption) 11/15/1951-New York, NY: Bombed Out. Dramatizing the desolation of such an attack, this couple sit amidst debris that was once their home

Bailey And Duncan In Wrecked Living Room
(Original Caption) 3/19/1952 - Los Angeles, CA: William Bailey (L) and Roger Duncan look at the wreckage in Bailey's living room after a bomb exploded in the house

"Mad Bomber"
Police looking over debris after bomb exploded in locker in Grand Central Terminal (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Guatemala Before Invasion by Anti-Communists
The indolent atmosphere of the coastal city of Puerto Barrios was smashed on June 18th, 1954 when uprising anti-communist exiles bombed the town and other Guatemalan cities, including the capital

Civilian Runs for Safety from Bombs
(Original Caption) 1955-Buenos Aires, Argentina-After the bombing of the rebel planes, a few bodies can be seen as well as a civilian running for safety

Bombed Street with Rubble
(Original Caption) 6/18/1955-Buenos Aires, Argentina-Rebel bombs caught thois row of autos and street buses on the avenue and destroyed them

Plastic Surgery Patients With Visitor
(Original Caption) 10/27/1955-New York, NY: Shigeko Nimoto (l), and Suzie Oshima, (r) two of a group of Hiroshima "maidens" brought to this country some months ago for plastic surgery

Martin Luther King Speaking on Porch After Bombing
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr

Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors
(Original Caption) 6/12/1956-New York, NY: Ten Hiroshima, Japan, young women, scarred in the Atomic Bombing during World War II, left New York today "with feelings of sadness and gladness"

Crowd Surrounding Demolished Home
A crowd of onlookers surround the home of Rev. Fred L. Shuttleworth, which was destroyed by a dynamite blast. The Reverend's wife and two children were injured in the explosion

Destroyed Interior Of Alabama Church
(Original Caption) 1/10/1957-Montgomery, Alabama: Policemen and reporters inspect the damage to the shattered Bell Street Baptist Church here Jan

Aerial View Of Students and Police at Demonstration
(Original Caption) 5/17/1957-Tokyo, Japan- Japanese University students demonstrate in front of the British Embassy here, May 17, in protest over the British Christmas Island H-bomb tests

Sonny Kyle Livingston, Jr. on Trial for Montgomery Church Bombings
Mrs. Theresa Livingston accompanies her 19-year-old husband, Sonny Kyle Livingston, Jr

High School Damaged by Bomb
(Original Caption) October 5, 1958 - Clinton: Three explosions ripped through integrated Clinton High School, destroying some eight classrooms, a science laboratory and causing at least $300

Walkers For A Sane Nuclear Policy
(Original Caption) 8/9/1959-New York, NY: Hiroshima Bombing anniversary. "No more Hiroshima" is the theme of a walk held by the West Side Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy

Home Of Black Attorney Bombed
(Original Caption) 4/19/60-Nashville, Tennessee: Police stand in front of the home of Negro attorney Z. Alexander Looby following a pre-dawn bombing here 4/19

Inscription On Trinity Site Monument
(Original Caption) Alamogordo, New Mexico- Monument reads: TRINITY SITE. WHERE THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR DEVICE WAS EXPLODED ON JULY 16, 1945. Trinity Site

Two Japanese On Steps Of City Hall
(Original Caption) 4/9/1962-New York, NY: Photo shows two young citizens of Hiroshima, Japan, survivors of the 1945 atom bomb blast

Guards Look Through Hole In Berlin Wall
(Original Caption) 5/25/1962-Berlin, Germany- East and West German policemen look at each other through a hole in the Berlin Wall, along the Schwedterstrasse near the French sector

Men Searching Wreckage of Burned Building
Men search through the ruins of building burned during a fire in Birmingham, Alabama sparked by racial tension

Bombed Car in Front of Church
A charred automobile sits outside of the 16th Street Baptist Church where followers of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. regularly meet

Abernathy, Shuttlesworth, King Walk Solemn
(Original Caption) 9/15/1963-Birmingham, AL: Negro leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (center), of Atlanta, is flanked by solemn visaged Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth (l) and Rev

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